Turkey's grand offensive against all

Turkey supposedly gave up its reluctance to fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and joined the anti-ISIL coalition, but in reality, the Turkish government started military operations against both ISIL and the Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) at the same time. 

In addition, the government has launched domestic operations against ?all kinds of terror organizations,? as they put it. The operations have targeted ISIL, the PKK and radical leftist groups and individuals. Now the question is whether the priority is to join the Western alliance in its struggle against ISIL or target the PKK in Iraq and Kurdish political circles including the Peace and Democracy Party (HDP) inside the country. The other question is whether Turkey brokered a deal with the United States to have a free hand against the PKK in return for more determined support for the struggle against ISIL, which includes giving permission to use the ?ncirlik base in this fight.

Many in Kurdish and opposition circles already believe that the U.S. and Turkey have started to reconcile following a period of bad relations and that the present rulers of Turkey have won serious concessions from the U.S. in return for the ?ncirlik base and operations against ISIL. 

However, the reality seems to be more complex, so much so that all claims may be true at the same time.

Perhaps the Turkish government abandoned its reluctance concerning the fight against ISIL, perhaps it is using or abusing its new policy as an opportunity to suppress the PKK and domestic opposition and perhaps the U.S. gave some approval concerning military operations against the PKK. Still, the reality is so complex that all those speculations are all wrong. Perhaps the Turkish government did...